/*************************************************************************
 *                                                                       *
 * Open Physics Abstraction Layer                                        *
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2005                                               *
 * Alan Fischer  alan.fischer@gmail.com                                  *
 * Andres Reinot  andres@reinot.com                                      *
 * Tyler Streeter  tylerstreeter@gmail.com                               *
 * Oleksandr Lozitskiy mr.olexander@gmail.com                            *
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 * Web: opal.sourceforge.net                                             *
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 *       file license-LGPL.txt.                                          *
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 *       the file license-BSD.txt.                                       *
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#ifndef TIMER_H
#define TIMER_H

#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32)
	#define USE_WINDOWS_TIMERS
	#include <windows.h>
	#include <time.h>
#else
	#include <sys/time.h>
#endif

namespace opalSamples
{
	/// A simple cross-platform timer class.
	class Timer
	{
	public:
		Timer();

		~Timer();

		/// Resets the initial reference time.
		void reset();

		/// Returns the time in ms since the last call to reset or since 
		/// the Clock was created.
		unsigned long int getTimeMilliseconds();

		/// Returns the time in us since the last call to reset or since 
		/// the Clock was created.
		unsigned long int getTimeMicroseconds();

	private:
	#ifdef USE_WINDOWS_TIMERS
		LARGE_INTEGER mClockFrequency;
		DWORD mStartTick;
		LONGLONG mPrevElapsedTime;
		LARGE_INTEGER mStartTime;
	#else
		struct timeval mStartTime;
	#endif
	};
}

#endif
